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Chromed metal floor lamp, icon of the modernist style, with a light reflector resting on a cylindrical barrel all maintained by a circular base, switch on the barrel. Circa 1930. Good condition with slight dents and traces of oxidation. Wear & tear consistent with age. Wired for European use.
H : 62.72 inches
One of this floor lamp appeared in the 1932 layout of the Grand Salon of the Villa Cavrois (Croix), art deco master piece designed by Mallet Stevens. Robert MALLET-STEVENS (1886-1945) : from 1904 to 1909, he studied architecture. He became a major architect of the Art Deco period, applying a modernist style to prestigious constructions for a wealthy clientele (rue MALLET STEVENS-Paris XVI, house of the sculptor Martel in Boulogne, villa Cavrois-Croix). As well as public buildings such as the famous casino of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, emblematic of the « liner ship » style. In 1929 he co-founded the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM), and in 1935, Mallet-Stevens became director of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lille.
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